Civil War battery
Civil War battery
HER Number
8225
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Civil War battery
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Battery
Site Type: Specific
Battery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
During the Civil War seige of Newcastle in 1644, one of the main Scottish gun batteries lay on the south-western side of the town. Terry states that the "south-western battery would probably be placed on the rising ground above the present infirmary and cattle market. From such a position it would cover the walls from Westgate to Closegate".
Easting
424100
Northing
563700
Grid Reference
NZ424100563700
Sources
C.S. Terry, 1899, The Seige of Newcastle upon Tyne by the Scots in 1644, Archaeologia Aeliana 2, Vol 21, p 213